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James Joseph Sylvester Quotes

The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.

James Joseph Sylvester

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: mathematician
Nationality: english
Birth: September 3, 1814 - March 15, 1897

Topics

Mathematics Intelligence World Human

'Great Expectations' was an important novel in my adolescence. It was very much one of those emblematic novels that made me wish I could write like that. It helped that my models as a writer were dead over a hundred years before I began to write.

John Irving

Great Me Expectations Wish Important

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

Tony Dorsett

Practice Little Things Strong You

I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery.

Tom Lehrer

People Interesting Flattery Always

Wait until the baby is born before you start criticising it, I say!

Roger Moore

Baby Wait Start You Born Say

Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You've got to - you've got the human game preserve to play off of. And it's a lot of great characters everywhere. You work off that, and then you play the rooms, and eventually you get to a point where you're playing a club that is a comedy club, with other comics.

Robin Williams

Work Great Game Comedy You Play

I'm all about the crossover. The role doesn't necessarily have to be white or Latina or black. It could be anything. But it's hard in Hollywood, because sometimes it's all about the box office. Or all about looks and things like that. It's not about the story that they have to tell.

Rutina Wesley

Story Black White Looks Sometimes

That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical trip into my past.

Don McLean

Past Song Process American Pie Out

I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.

Jon Anderson

Life Great Think My Life Moments

I thought Charlize Theron was awesome in 'Mad Max,' and that was a very masculine kind of hero.

Colin Trevorrow

Hero Thought Mad Kind Awesome Max

To Edward, I cannot be a traitor, for I owe him no allegiance; he is not my sovereign; he never received my homage; and whilst life is in this persecuted body, he shall never receive it.

William Wallace

Life Body Never Him Traitor Cannot

Imagine you're doing your thing, and somebody comes up to you and just kills your mojo. Just tell them, 'No flex zone!'

Swae Lee

Doing You Tell Up Imagine Zone

Bands don't play the whole LP. They play a selection of the songs that they like.

Peter Hook

Play Whole Like Songs Selection